Looking Up with Don
139 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago -Experience the world of astronomy with #1 in the world for visual comet discoveries, Don Machholz. Whether you are a beginner or an expert, journey with Don Machholz into the solar system and beyond every Wednesday.
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LUWD #0039 A Decade of Comets, Mars, comet discovery
September 30, 2020 04:23 - 23 minutes - 43.2 MBMars will be closest to the earth on October 6, when it will be 39 million miles from the United States, and 62 million kilometers from the rest of the world. DON MACHHOLZ
LUWD #0038 A Decade of Comets, Rolf Meier, Rodney Austin, David Levy
September 23, 2020 08:09 - 31 minutes - 58.4 MBThe further north you live, the greater the effect. So, Santa Claus, this one's for you! DON MACHHOLZ
LUWD #0037 A Decade of Comets, Doug Berger
September 15, 2020 18:23 - 36 minutes - 67 MBHere is the surprising thing: 21 of the 26 individuals found their first comet during this decade, 1975 through 1984 DON MACHHOLZ
LUWD #0036 A Decade of Comets, William Bradfield, Dr. Brian Marsden, Neptune
September 08, 2020 19:43 - 35 minutes - 64.2 MBWilliam Bradfield of Australia get used to his name; he discovered 10 of the 33 comets covered in A Decade of Comets. DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-36-A-Decade-of-Comets-Part-2aDownload Podcast-36-Map-1Download Podcast-36-Map-2Download
LUWD #0035 Visual Comet Discoveries, A Decade of Comets
September 02, 2020 09:15 - 22 minutes - 41.8 MBI began to wonder: what am I missing? Does everyone else know something that I don’t? DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-35-A-Decade-of-Comets-Part-1Download Podcast-35-Comet-PositionsDownload Podcast-35-Map-1Download Podcast-35-Map-2Download
LUWD #0034 Visual Comet Discovery, Dr. Edgar Everhart
August 25, 2020 23:25 - 26 minutes - 47.9 MBThis is the type of study that helped to direct comet hunters where to search. DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-34-Comet-Discoveries-and-Observational-SelectionDownload Podcast-34-Map-1Download
LUWD #0033 Remote Telescope Rental, SLOOH, Delphinus, comets
August 19, 2020 19:46 - 17 minutes - 31.3 MBThis pod is a dolphin name Delphinus Hiding in the Milky Way, due to its shyness Near the star Altair, one of the brightest Up in the sky where there is no virus DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-33-Map-1Download Podcast-33-Map-2Download
LUWD #0032 Astronomical League, comets, and an arrow in the sky
August 12, 2020 15:10 - 21 minutes - 39.8 MBThe constellation aim to know betta Is the tiny arrow known as Sagitta DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-32-Map-1Download Podcast-32-Map-2Download Podcast-32-Map-3Download
LUWD #0031 Eyepatches, Perseid Meteor Shower, Comet NEOWISE
August 04, 2020 12:07 - 29 minutes - 53.3 MBAn eyepatch makes you see less, So that you can see more DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-31-EyepatchesDownload Podcast-31-Map-1Download Podcast-31-Map-2Download Podcast-31-Map-3Download
LUWD #0030 Comet NEOWISE, Teaching A Continuing Education Course
July 28, 2020 02:40 - 22 minutes - 40.5 MBPodcast-30-Map-1Download Podcast-30-Map-2Download Hits: 197
LUWD #0029 Comet NEOWISE, meteor showers, M6, M7, M8 and M20
July 23, 2020 04:21 - 25 minutes - 46.5 MBComet NEOWISE left behind, A trail of hope and joy combined. A celestial gift to humankind, To help us through our daily grind. DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-29-Map-1Download Podcast-29-Map-2Download Podcast-29-Map-3Download Hits: 173
LUWD #0028 Comet NEOWISE, Saturn, Sagittarius, and observatories
July 14, 2020 01:28 - 28 minutes - 51.6 MBIt’s not too late to realize, the comet to see is NEOWISE DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-28-Map-1Download Podcast-28-Map-2Download Podcast-28-Map-3Download Podcast-28-My-Colfax-ObservatoryDownload Hits: 162
LUWD #0027 Astronomical Observatories, Comet NEOWISE, Scorpius, M4
July 07, 2020 03:12 - 25 minutes - 46.7 MB“Comet NEOWISE stuck its head out from behind the sun and smiled at us.” DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-27-Map-1Download Podcast-27-Map-2Download Podcast-27-Map-3Download Podcast-27-Comet-PositionsDownload Hits: 201
LUWD #0026 Lunar Eclipse, the traveling astronomer and Cygnus
June 30, 2020 03:28 - 21 minutes - 39.4 MBA five-star rating for a seven-star cluster. DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-26-Map-1Download Podcast-26-Map-2Download Podcast-26-Map-3Download Hits: 121
LUWD #0025 ALPO, SOHO, NEOWISE and Lemmon
June 23, 2020 23:50 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MBLet’s hear it for the SOHO spacecraft And the amazing things it has photographed. With four thousand comets found By those on the ground Who scan images… DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-25-Map-1Download Podcast-25-Map-2Download Hits: 119
LUWD #0024 Annular Solar Eclipse, Mercury’s tail, Placer Nature Center
June 17, 2020 04:52 - 18 minutes - 34.4 MBIt happens in 2020 on the 21st of June When the sun in the sky gets hidden by the moon The moon’s so far away it can’t cover the sun totally So, a ring of fire will be visible locally There will be no corona visible, at least not in the sky You need a filter to see this or else you will burn your eye The Congo is where it is first seen by those without myopia Then through South Sudan and into Ethiopia Mid-morning it visits Yemen and slide by Oman’s capital city Filter it and take a...
LUWD #0023 The Greatest Globular Cluster in Hercules
June 09, 2020 03:06 - 23 minutes - 42.9 MBLook up this Hercules globular Visible in your binocular Known by many astronomer Frequented by the photographer That’s why it is so popular DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-23-Map-1Download Hits: 144
LUWD #0022 The Brightness Behavior of Comets
June 03, 2020 15:04 - 26 minutes - 48.3 MBPodcast-22-Map-1Download Podcast-22-Map-2Download Podcast-22-Comet-PositionsDownload Hits: 161
LUWD #0021 – Comet SWAN
May 27, 2020 02:55 - 28 minutes - 52.5 MBLook up to the north that’s Polaris Sheltered in place its not careless Neither setting nor risin’ Stuck above the horizon With no place to… DON MACHHOLZ Podcast-21-Big-BinocularsDownload Podcast-21-Map-1Download Hits: 135
LUWD #0020 – Comet SWAN, Comet ATLAS
May 19, 2020 03:26 - 26 minutes - 47.9 MBPodcast-20-Map-1Download Podcast-20-Map-2-1Download Podcast-20-Map-3Download Podcast-20-Map-4Download There once was a comet named ATLAS Whose magnitude curve showed flatness It fragmented and scattered At the time it most mattered And it… -DON MACHHOLZ Hits: 176
LUWD #0019 – Comet SWAN, Comet ATLAS, Right Ascension and Declination
May 11, 2020 17:57 - 33 minutes - 60.6 MBPodcast-19-Map-1Download Podcast-19-Map-2Download Podcast-19-Comet-PositionsDownload It’s right to learn Right Ascension And declination requires your attention They’ll take you to the place In shallow or deep space With little to no apprehension DON MACHHOLZ Hits: 240
LUWD #0018 – Comet SWAN, discovering and confirming comets and asteroids, being sleep-deprived
May 04, 2020 19:01 - 31 minutes - 58 MBPodcast-18-Map-1Download Podcast-18-Map-2Download Learn the constellation Corvus It’s not enormous It represents a crow Seen better from down below From Spring into the summer Then it’s gone, what a bummer! DON MACHHOLZ Hits: 196
LUWD #0017 – Comet ATLAS, Comet SWAN, Arcturus, Loma Prieta, Moon in my mirror
April 29, 2020 00:45 - 30 minutes - 55.9 MBPodcast-17-Map-1Download Podcast-17-Map-2Download Podcast-17-Photo-1Download Podcast-17-Photo-2Download Podcast-17-Photo-3Download Go out tonight to see Arcturus, Not as bright or blue as Sirius, It’s in Boötes you see, Above his left knee, A sight to behold for the curious DON MACHHOLZ Hits: 105
LUWD #0016 – Comet ATLAS, Mizar, Alcor, Youngest Moon, and Loma Prieta
April 22, 2020 00:15 - 28 minutes - 51.3 MBPodcast-16-Map-1Download Podcast-16-Map-2Download Unpredictable, inexplicable, once busted up, now busting out, gas and dust tail, small scale detail, written off as dead Apparently it was misread See Comet ATLAS, it is a splendid actress What will it do next week, take a sneak peek Will it be bright or bleak DON MACHHOLZ Hits: 108
LUWD #0015 – Comet ATLAS, Lyrids, and Loma Prieta
April 14, 2020 22:22 - 30 minutes - 55.7 MBPodcast-15-Map-1Download Podcast-15-Map-2Download Podcast-15-Map-3Download Podcast-15-Map-4Download Hits: 106
LUWD #0014 – Comet ATLAS, BepiColumbo, Shadow Cast by Venus
April 08, 2020 05:22 - 25 minutes - 45.9 MBPodcast 14, Map 1 Podcast 14, Map 2 Hits: 64
LUWD #0013 – Private Star Parties, Comet Atlas, Venus Meets the Pleiades
April 01, 2020 04:35 - 34 minutes - 62.3 MBHits: 99
LUWD #0012 – Star Parties, Comet ATLAS, Gemini, Messier Marathon
March 24, 2020 07:41 - 34 minutes - 63.2 MBHits: 50
LUWD #0011 – Star Parties, Zodiacal Light, and the Messier Marathon
March 18, 2020 03:09 - 35 minutes - 64.1 MBHits: 24
LUWD #0010 – Electric Socks, Three Comets and the Messier Marathon
March 10, 2020 05:20 - 30 minutes - 56.3 MBElectric Socks, Three Comets and the Messier Marathon Hits: 13
LUWD #0009 – Astronomy Clubs, Messier Marathon Search Sequence
March 04, 2020 03:38 - 29 minutes - 54.5 MBAstronomy clubs, Betelgeuse, Messier Marathon Search Sequence Hits: 11
LUWD #0007 – The Pleiades and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence
February 17, 2020 18:08 - 32 minutes - 59.1 MBPleiades, Messier Marathon Search Sequence
LUWD #0006 – A Comet Hunting Theory and the Messier Marathon Search Sequence
February 11, 2020 01:43 - 33 minutes - 61.8 MBPodcast-6-Star-Map-1Download Podcast-6-Star-Map-2Download Podcast-6-Star-Map-3-MM-2Download
LUWD #0005 – Cell Phone Lunar Photography, Almach, Star Colors, Messier Marathon
February 04, 2020 04:27 - 33 minutes - 62.1 MBCell phone lunar photography and Messier Marathon Search Sequence.
LUWD #0004 – Moonlight, the Messier Objects, and a Marathon
January 27, 2020 07:01 - 23 minutes - 42.7 MBMoonlight’s influence on astronomy, Charles Messier and his Objects, and the Messier Marathon. Podcast 4...
LUWD #0003 – Star Magnitudes And A Comet That Almost Got Away
January 21, 2020 16:00 - 27 minutes - 50.9 MBVenus dances with Neptune, the magnitude scale explained, a new faint comet and let’s look...
LUWD #0002 – Starlink Satellites and Binoculars
January 14, 2020 17:00 - 24 minutes - 34.3 MBStarlink satellites, binoculars for astronomy, Betelgeuse, The Pleiades Pod 0002 Star Map
LUWD #0001 – Lunar Eclipses, Betelgeuse and Meteor Showers
January 07, 2020 07:43 - 16 minutes - 23.3 MBPenumbral lunar eclipses, the stars Betelgeuse and Castor, and the Quadrantids meteor shower.